BitMask wrote:Perhaps I should make the universe less rich next time....

Yes, please do that and also considder skipping teleport. As every add on that one too gives more to those who do not really need it than those who does.

Ricky if you don´t fell like the competition is hard enough, considder it twice before allying another power race like the lizard. I read the figures above as a sign of very close cooperation from a very early stage, perhaps even a pre game alliance. Nothing wrong with that, it is completely legal, but as you found out also less challenging.

Recommend you to play alone, and see what you can do without an ally. It rise the challenge a lot.

Captain Blood wrote:
Ricky if you don´t fell like the competition is hard enough, considder it twice before allying another power race like the lizard. I read the figures above as a sign of very close cooperation from a very early stage, perhaps even a pre game alliance. Nothing wrong with that, it is completely legal, but as you found out also less challenging.

Recommend you to play alone, and see what you can do without an ally. It rise the challenge a lot.

very sorry, but I can not know in advance. usually the alliance is not a guarantee of victory. we two played against all. Two against nine. this in itself is quite difficult.
all were warned at the beginning of the game. This was not unexpected. but the players are not united against us.

It was all about those two races joining very quickly and forming a strong alliance. I tried to join with the Robot and Crystals but those attempts never went anywhere.

The comment made that the Cyborgs and Lizards were fighting separate wars and didn't join against other races is disingenuous. These races did join very closely against separate races. It was never these two races separately against a team of 9 other races, it was these two races against singular races one at a time starting with the Rebels.

If either the Robots or Crystals would have joined the Colonials we could have made a strong defense.

The Lizard/Cyborg team won fair and square via a strong alliance when other races wouldn't align.

If the game had not had Map Wrap it would have limited their ability to solidify the alliance. Consider not having that in the future or if you do, no alliances.